Two- and three-dimensional saline contrast sonohysterography: interobserver agreement, agreement with hysteroscopy and diagnosis of endometrial malignancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-582

  Opolskiene, G ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial neoplasms; Postmenopause; Reproducibility of results; Saline contrast sonohysterography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILATATION; ELECTRONICS; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOSARCOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALINE CONTRAST SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS CAVITY; VIDEOTAPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 66349130164     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6350     Document Type: Article

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